LSU RB commit Kaleb Jackson sidelined 6-8 weeks with fracture

One of the nation’s best running backs will be sidelined for the majority of the regular season.

On300 tailback Kaleb Jackson, an On3 Consensus top 10 running back nationally, is out between six and eight weeks after suffering a fracture in his ankle last Friday in his senior debut. The injury occurred four carries into the game in the midst of Jackson breaking tackles to keep a run alive.

“They packed the box with everyone they had, I broke five or six tackles but I couldn’t go down,” Jackson told On3. “I wasn’t giving them the satisfaction, so I kept pushing and put weight on my left ankle and it hurt a little bit.”

On the sidelines, Jackson was shocked when he looked down at the damage. That ended his night indefinitely.

“I took off my shoe and I was shocked; my ankle was huge,” he remembered. “I took off my ankle tape and I couldn’t walk on it. It was probably the size of a baseball … it was huge.”

Scans revealed a small piece of bone came out and there was a fracture in Jackson’s left ankle. Healing time is between six and eight weeks, and it’s allowed Jackson to be a leader from the sidelines.

“I’m passing the torch off my young backs, being a mentor, a coach and a leader supporting my guys as much as I can,” he said in his boot. “I’m supporting them with everything I can.”

“This isn’t the end for me. I’m gonna play at the next level and it’s what I believe and it’s what I know,” he continued. “If I push too hard, that’s my career, so I know I’m gonna be alright and I can’t get too down or upset, especially in front of these guys. We’re a program and I believe that and they believe that, too.”

Jackson is the No. 6 running back according to the On3 Consensus, a complete and equally weighted industry-generated average.